Le Mans’ ‘worst piece of driving’: Toyota’s bitter defeat to BMW
Then as now, sports car racing was booming. There was no World Endurance Championship, but the manufacturers were flocking to take on the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours…
Le Mans celebrates a century of innovation, daring and brilliance at this weekend’s running of the 24 Hour event.
As modern Hypercars battle to join the greats of decades past, we look back at the moments that made an endurance test into the world’s greatest race, and ahead to who will come out on top in 2023.
Then as now, sports car racing was booming. There was no World Endurance Championship, but the manufacturers were flocking to take on the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours…
McLaren’s F1 was never expected to race, let alone win the Le Mans 24 Hours, but there’s more a fair share of unpredictability, luck and mystery around the memorable 1995 race
In Le Mans 100-year history, Porsche stand alone as its most successful manufacturer – but its greatest victory remains up for debate
Spurred on by the boost in car sales that winning Le Mans brought, Jaguar leapt into the 1950s fray, taking on an increasingly competitive field and winning again and again, with its futuristic C-types and D-types
In 100 years of the Le Mans 24 Hours, few stories have proved as compelling as that of the Bentley Boys. Andrew Frankel tells the story of a largely amateur group of war veterans who took on the world’s greatest race with courage, determination and against the odds
The first Le Mans 24 Hours was held a century ago in 1923, with much of the early success going to French teams who dominated the grid. It would be a short-lived period of superiority, however…
It’s been 88-years since Lagonda defied the odds, beating Alfa Romeo to earn its first Le Mans victory: a worthy triumph often overlooked in the race’s long history
Rules of engagement How did we decide which moments should make the list? The brief was never about statistic; we wanted instead to focus on key moments that came to…
The moments that helped define Le Mans’ legend: we’ve been through triumphs and tragedies from numbers 100 to 90. Here, as chosen by our panel of experts, are the top…
I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has…
At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…
Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack when you’re trying to interview a legend. But that’s the background distraction I faced when I…
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the seventies. Certainly as far as Formula 1 was concerned, the…
“I drove some bad grand prix cars,” says Martin Brundle, “but I don’t want to waste a whole article talking about the 1987 Zakspeed! Then there was that ’85 Tyrrell-Renault,…
Racing cars returned to lap the full Aintree grand prix circuit in May as enthusiasts marked the 70th anniversary of its opening and the 60th of its final race. A…
An unprecedented nine cars on the lead lap at the finish. Just 14sec between the winner and runner-up. Just 1.1sec between third and fourth. Yes, it’s safe to say the…
Peugeot CEO Linda Jackson warned that winning was essential for its Hypercar project earlier this year. After an uncompetitive run in the Le Mans 24 Hours, she says that the fight goes on, with the team confident that it will catch its rivals
Jota’s Porsche 963 No.38 – Motor Sport’s cover star in June – driven by Jenson Button, Philip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen bows out of the WEC season at the Bahrain…
I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has…
At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…
Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack when you’re trying to interview a legend. But that’s the background distraction I faced when I…
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the seventies. Certainly as far as Formula 1 was concerned, the…
“I drove some bad grand prix cars,” says Martin Brundle, “but I don’t want to waste a whole article talking about the 1987 Zakspeed! Then there was that ’85 Tyrrell-Renault,…
Racing cars returned to lap the full Aintree grand prix circuit in May as enthusiasts marked the 70th anniversary of its opening and the 60th of its final race. A…
An unprecedented nine cars on the lead lap at the finish. Just 14sec between the winner and runner-up. Just 1.1sec between third and fourth. Yes, it’s safe to say the…
Peugeot CEO Linda Jackson warned that winning was essential for its Hypercar project earlier this year. After an uncompetitive run in the Le Mans 24 Hours, she says that the fight goes on, with the team confident that it will catch its rivals